Originally Posted by crossfireoops
What was that old boy's name,...Belmon ?

He was there, and "Did That" in Shermans, and I'd give creedence to his evaluations.

Here's a Good Nazi, ...or at least about to be.

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German Wehrmacht General Anton Dostler is tied to a stake before his execution by a firing squad in a stockade in Aversa, Italy, on December 1, 1945. The General, Commander of the 75th Army Corps, was sentenced to death by an United States Military Commission in Rome for having ordered the shooting of 15 unarmed American prisoners of war, in La Spezia, Italy, on March 26, 1944. (AP Photo)
Yes, he's the one.(Belton I think) Said our losses in tanks were 500 percent over expected losses. The Army only considered it a loss to be if the tank was unrepairable. Tanks where a shot had pierced the armour and the crew burned alive was not a loss as the bodies were removed, wiring replaced, hole welded over, and new paint applied. The smell of death could not be removed.

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